Crime

Although this book is about the murder of the wife of a popular Breakfast Host, it is realy about love. Robert
Rotenberg spins his story out like a spiders web with so many chracters and subplots that keep the reader
guessing until the last page. My favourite chracter is Judge Summers who is a fiesty old man who terrifies everyone and runs his court room like a ship, but I am sure that there are others like him.

This is one of the best thrillers that I have read for a very long time with a ingenious plot. Absolutly Brillant.

I absolutely loved this book. The first couple of chapters reduced me to tears and in the end I had to read the last page to make sure it turned out happily!!!!!! I've never done that before. I felt it was a bit of a ‘chick flick' book though, it reminded me of a sophisticated Mills and Boon - but as I haven't read one of those since I was about 18, they could actually be up to this standard now!

A factually well written book, however I found it difficult to follow all the references to the IRA etc and to keep up with who was who. The main character lacked a bit of substance but was likable, and quite funny at times. ..read more

Cut Short is the debut crime novel by Leigh Russell.

The story is about a serial killer and the police investigation. I like the character of D.I.Gerealdine Steele because I could identify with her - she comes across as a hard working humane person who is very much in tune with the people around her.

The Magician in the title is a bit of a mis-nomer, this is more like Denis Wheatley set in the twelfth century.

The historical facts are interesting but the remainder is a bit boring. The hero drifts through the action, occasionally prodded into berserker activity, and the other characters are very flat. While the descriptions are good, it all gets a bit lost and the division into two separate sections just doesn't work.

The writing is clear but the whole may be better suited to a young adult audience.

When I started reading Cut Short by Leigh Russell it reminded me alot of when I read Ian Rankin's 'Wolfman' now called 'Tooth and Nail' way back in 1992! Is DI Geraldine Steel the new Rebus - it could be because the atmosphere of the book is very similar, although Geraldine is a much lighter character as opposed to the brooding Rebus.

This is a brilliant debut book with short chapters that help to make the flow of the story move at a very fast pace.

A new kid on the block? Definitely, and one I feel we're going to see grow and grow. Recommended.

In Road Closed, Leigh Russell has definitely upped the anti - it is a very lively plot that gets DI Geraldine Steel into quite a pickle. But it also shows that she can be quite naively rebellious to say the least, in order to get the murderer.

Once again the short chapters make this book a real page turner - and if I thought Cut Short was a brilliant debut, this book goes to a whole new level, which I enjoyed hugely.

Definitely one to recommend for all crime fiction fans.

This is the second book in Abbess of Meaux murder mysteries.The nun Hildgrard is sent on a mission to buy a holy relic for the Abbey.This journey will take her from England across the Alpes and eventually to Florence.

This book is one of the most amusing that I have read for a very long time,it is a send up of the country house
murders where all suspects are rounded up in the Drawing Room and the guilty party is revealed.

The main characters are Ethelred who is a crime writer and Elsie who is his agent, who seems to spend most of her time keeping Ethelred on the straight and narrow, while feeding her addiction to chocolate.

The dialogue between them is so sharp and witty it is almost like a comedy act. A very funny book with a clever plot and an absolute joy to read.

I enjoyed reading Love Not Poison which is a light entertaining story with a very good plot. She writes in a similar genre to Gaorgette Heyer.Just the book to take on holiday!